Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's approval rating has edged up to an all-time 68 - 28 percent
high, matching a record of 70 percent of New Yorkers who are "very satisfied" or
"somewhat satisfied" with life in the city, according to a Quinnipiac College Poll released
today.

When the independent Quinnipiac College Poll first asked this question in December,
1994, only 37 percent of New Yorkers were satisfied, with 61 percent dissatisfied.

Compared to four years ago, things in New York City are better, according to 64
percent of voters, while 11 percent say they are worse and 22 percent say they are the same.

A total of 96 percent of the voters who see an improvement give Giuliani "most" or
"some" of the credit for this improvement.

Buoyed by this approval and satisfaction, Giuliani has a 59 - 31 percent lead over
Democratic challenger Ruth Messinger among registered voters and a 60 - 32 percent lead
among likely voters. In the October 1 Quinnipiac College Poll, Giuliani topped Messinger 54
- 33 among registered voters.

"Even the most popular incumbents usually lose some luster in the hammering of a
reelection campaign, but every measure of approval for Mayor Giuliani just keeps getting
better," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac College Polling Institute.

"In the rough and tumble of New York City politics, the guy is coming through without
a scratch. In fact, he's coming out of the ring looking better than when he went in."

In open-ended questions, where voters can give any answers, 45 percent say the
Mayor's record on crime/drugs is what they like most about him, followed by 25 percent
listing positive leadership and 18 percent listing his overall record. What 17 percent of voters
dislike the most about the Mayor is his personality, followed by 15 percent listing negative
leadership qualities and 15 percent listing his record on education.

For Messinger, 21 percent of all voters point to her position on education as the thing
they like most, followed by 8 percent listing her gender and 8 percent who list compassion or
sensitivity. What 12 percent dislike most about the challenger are her ideas or policies,
followed by 8 percent listing leadership and 7 percent listing campaign tactics.

"Every coin has two sides. Praise for Giuliani's forcefulness and leadership in
combating crime is accompanied by negative perceptions about his personality, and his
leadership style," Carroll said. "Education remains the lone bright spot for Ms. Messinger.
New Yorkers do think she'd handle this issue better than the Mayor and one-fifth of all voters
see this as the best thing about her."
Public Advocate, City Comptroller Races

In two other citywide races, Democratic incumbent Mark Green holds a 62 - 9 percent
lead over Republican/Liberal Jules Polenetsky in the race for Public Advocate, while
Democratic incumbent Alan Hevesi leads Republican challenger Anne Marie McAvoy 61 -15
percent in the race for City Comptroller.

From October 21 - 27, Quinnipiac College surveyed 994 New York City residents who
say they are registered voters. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percent. The
Quinnipiac College Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, conducts public opinion surveys in
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut as a public service and for research.

1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Rudolph Giuliani is handling his
job as Mayor?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Approve 68% 80% 47% 73% 77% 62% 63%

Disapprove 28 17 49 24 21 33 33

DK/NA 4 4 4 3 3 5 4

1a. Do you approve/disapprove strongly or somewhat?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Approve strongly 39% 51% 16% 35% 47% 32% 33%

Approve smwht 30 28 31 38 29 30 30

Disapprove smwht 13 9 21 11 10 15 12

Disapprove strongly 15 8 28 13 11 18 21

DK/NA 4 4 4 3 3 5 4

2. How much attention have you been paying to the campaign for Mayor --
a lot, some, only a little or none at all?

5. If the 1997 election for Mayor were being held today and the candidates
were Rudolph Giuliani the Republican and Liberal party candidate, and
Ruth Messinger the Democratic party candidate, for whom would you vote?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Giuliani/Rep. 59% 74% 29% 57% 65% 53% 54%

Messinger/Dem. 31 19 57 34 26 36 33

SOMEONE ELSE(VOL) 1 1 2 - 1 2 2

WOULDN'T VOTE (VOL) 2 1 3 - 3 1 3

DK/NA 7 4 9 9 5 8 8

8. There are three other candidates on the ballot for Mayor this year.
Sal Albanase for the Independence Party, Peter Gaffney for the Right to Life
Party, and Olga Rodriguez for the Socialist Workers Party. If the election
for Mayor were being held today would you vote for Rudolph Giuliani the
Republican and Liberal party candidate, Ruth Messinger the Democratic party
candidate or one of the other candidates on the ballot this year?
IF "OTHER ASK: which one?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Giuliani/Rep. 58% 73% 29% 56% 65% 53% 53%

Messinger/Dem. 29 18 53 31 23 34 30

Albanase/Ind. 3 2 3 1 4 2 3

Gaffney/Right to
Life - - - 1 - 1 1

Rodriguez/Socialist 2 1 3 2 1 2 2

SOMEONE ELSE(VOL) 1 1 3 - 1 1 2

WOULDN'T VOTE(VOL) 1 1 2 - 1 1 1

DK/NA 6 4 7 9 5 7 8

9. Is your mind made up, or do you think you might change your mind before
the election?

Giuliani Messinger
Voter Voter

Yes made up 84% 79%

No might change 15 19

DK/NA 1 1

10A. Would you describe your support for Rudolph Giuliani/Ruth Messinger
as strongly favoring him/her, or do you like him/her but with reservations,
or do you support him/her because you dislike Ruth Messinger/Rudolph Giuliani?

Giuliani Messinger
Voter Voter

Strongly favor 57% 30%

Like with
reservations 39 40

Dislike Messinger/ 3 26
Giuliani

DK/NA 1 3

11. Now I would like to ask you about the good and bad points of the major
party candidates for Mayor. Regardless of how you intend to vote, what are the
things you like most about Rudolph Giuliani? (Column percentages add up to more
than 100% because multiple responses were allowed)

Tot Wht Blk His Men Women

Record/Performance 18% 24% 10% 13% 21% 16%

Ideas/Policies 5 6 3 4 6 4

Leadership qualities 25 30 15 20 28 22

Visibility/Involvement 3 3 2 5 3 3

Public Appearance/Image 2 2 2 2 1 2

Cares about NYC 3 4 1 2 2 3

Intelligent/Capable 1 2 - 1 2 1

Honesty 7 9 2 9 8 7

Compassion/Sensitivity 3 4 2 5 2 4

Personality 3 4 2 2 4 3

Ethics/Morals/Scandals 1 1 - 1 - 2

Political Philosophy 1 1 - 1 2 -

Political Party - 1 - - 1 -

Crime/Drugs 45 49 38 41 52 39

Economy/Jobs 6 7 3 6 8 4

Education 8 7 7 9 9 7

Minorities/Race relations 1 2 1 1 2 1

Police brutality/
handling of police 9 7 10 17 10 8

Quality of life 5 7 3 1 6 3

Taxes 1 1 - 1 2 1

Welfare/Poor/Homeless 3 2 4 6 2 3

Transportation/Traffic 3 3 4 1 3 3

Environment/Cleanliness 4 5 2 3 4 4

City employees - 1 - - 1 -

Rent control/Housing costs - - - 1 - -

Other 8 9 7 3 9 7

DK/NA 18 11 32 22 11 25

12. And regardless of how you intend to vote, what are the things you dislike
most about Rudolph Giuliani? (Column percentages add up to more than 100%
because multiple responses were allowed)

Tot Wht Blk His Men Women

Record/Performance/ 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 1%
Lack of experience

Ideas/Policies 4 3 5 3 5 3

Leadership qualities 15 17 14 12 15 15

Visibility/Involvement - - - 1 - -

Public Appearance/Image 2 3 2 1 3 2

Campaign tactics 3 3 2 2 3 3

Doesn't care about NYC - 1 - - - 1

Honesty 4 3 5 4 3 4

Compassion/Sensitivity 5 4 8 2 5 6

Personality 17 20 15 11 19 16

Ethics/Morals/Scandals 1 1 - 1 1 1

Political Philosophy 1 2 - - 2 -

Political Party 2 2 1 2 2 1

Crime/Drugs 3 3 3 3 3 3

Economy/Jobs 3 1 5 3 1 4

Education 15 12 17 16 11 17

Minorities/Race relations 6 4 11 3 5 7

Police brutality/
handling of police 12 9 21 12 12 13

Quality of life - 1 - - 1 -

Taxes 1 1 1 - 2 1

Welfare/Poor/Homeless 6 4 8 7 4 7

Transportation/Traffic 1 1 - 2 1 -

Environment/Cleanliness - 1 - - - -

City employees 2 1 3 2 2 2

Rent control/Housing
costs 1 1 3 1 1 1

Other 10 10 12 5 11 9

DK/NA 29 32 22 36 29 29

13. Regardless of how you intend to vote, what are the things you like most
about Ruth Messinger?(Column percentages add up to more than 100% because
multiple responses were allowed)

Tot Wht Blk His Men Women

Record/Performance 5% 6% 4% 2% 6% 4%

Ideas/Policies 6 5 8 5 5 7

Leadership qualities 6 6 7 3 6 6

Visibility/Involvement 1 1 1 2 1 1

Public Appearance/Image 1 1 1 - 1 -

Campaign tactics 1 1 1 - 1 1

Cares about NYC 1 2 1 - 1 1

Intelligent/Capable 2 3 1 2 2 1

Honesty 5 6 5 5 6 5

Compassion/Sensitivity 8 8 9 6 8 8

Personality 5 4 6 4 5 4

Ethics/Morals/Scandals - 1 - - - -

Political Philosophy 3 5 1 - 3 2

Political Party 4 5 3 1 3 5

Gender ref. 8 6 13 8 4 11

Time for change 2 1 4 2 3 2

Crime/Drugs - 1 - 2 - 1

Economy/Jobs 1 - 1 1 1 1

Education 21 16 28 29 16 25

Minorities/Race relations 2 2 3 3 2 2

Police brutality/
handling of police 1 1 1 2 2 1

Taxes 1 - 1 3 1 1

Welfare/Poor/Homeless 2 1 3 4 1 3

Environment/
Cleanliness - - - - - 1

Rent control/Housing
costs - - 1 - 1 -

Other 4 5 4 1 4 5

DK/NA 49 53 38 54 53 46

14. And regardless of how you intend to vote, what are the things you dislike
most about Ruth Messinger? (Column percentages add up to more than 100% because
multiple responses were allowed)

Tot Wht Blk His Men Women

Record/Performance/ 5% 5% 3% 5% 6% 3%
Lack of experience

Ideas/Policies 12 15 9 7 14 11

Leadership qualities 8 10 8 4 7 9

Visibility/Involvement 1 1 2 1 1 1

Public Appearance/Image 3 3 2 3 4 2

Campaign tactics 7 10 3 5 6 8

Doesn't care about NYC - - - 1 - -

Intelligence/Capable 2 3 - 1 3 1

Honesty 3 4 3 1 4 3

Compassion/Sensitivity 1 1 - - 1 1

Personality 4 6 1 3 4 4

Political Philosophy 5 8 - 1 6 3

Political Party 1 1 - - 2 -

Gender ref. 1 1 - 1 - 1

Crime/Drugs 2 2 1 - 2 2

Economy/Jobs 1 1 - - 1 1

Education 2 3 1 1 2 3

Minorities/Race relations 1 1 - - 1 -

Police brutality/
handling of police 1 1 - - - 1

Taxes 1 1 - 1 1 1

Welfare/Poor/Homeless 1 1 1 - - 1

Other 5 6 3 4 7 4

DK/NA 54 44 67 73 49 59

17. Who do you think would do a better job handling education,
Rudolph Giuliani or Ruth Messinger?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Giuliani 40% 49% 22% 40% 45% 36% 39%

Messinger 48 39 66 48 44 51 48

SAME/NO DIFFERENCE
(VOL) 5 5 4 4 5 4 3

DK/NA 8 7 8 8 6 9 9

18. Who do you think would do a better job handling taxes, Rudolph Giuliani
or Ruth Messinger?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Giuliani 57% 65% 41% 59% 63% 51% 54%

Messinger 23 14 37 30 21 25 27

SAME/NO DIFFERENCE
(VOL) 6 7 6 2 5 6 6

DK/NA 15 15 16 9 11 18 14

19. Who do you think would do a better job handling crime, Rudolph Giuliani or
Ruth Messinger?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Giuliani 78% 86% 64% 76% 85% 73% 77%

Messinger 13 7 24 18 9 17 15

SAME/NO DIFFERENCE
(VOL) 3 2 5 2 2 3 3

DK/NA 5 5 7 3 4 7 5

20. Who do you think would do a better job handling the economy and jobs,
Rudolph Giuliani or Ruth Messinger?

Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom

Giuliani 60% 73% 35% 58% 67% 54%

Messinger 24 12 45 30 19 28

SAME/NO DIFFERENCE
(VOL) 5 5 6 3 6 4

DK/NA 11 10 14 9 8 14

21. Who do you think would do a better job handling race relations
Rudolph Giuliani or Ruth Messinger?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Giuliani 36% 45% 17% 42% 40% 33% 36%

Messinger 44 36 62 40 43 45 49

SAME/NO DIFFERENCE
(VOL) 7 8 7 4 7 7 6

DK/NA 13 11 14 14 10 15 10

22. Who do you think would do a better job handling poverty and homelessness
Rudolph Giuliani or Ruth Messinger?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Giuliani 34% 41% 19% 41% 39% 31% 30%

Messinger 49 44 61 49 47 50 57

SAME/NO DIFFERENCE
(VOL) 5 4 5 3 6 4 4

DK/NA 12 11 14 7 8 15 9

23. Who do you think would do a better job handling police brutality
Rudolph Giuliani or Ruth Messinger?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Giuliani 44% 53% 23% 50% 45% 42% 44%

Messinger 41 33 59 37 40 41 44

SAME/NO DIFFERENCE
(VOL) 5 4 6 4 6 4 3

DK/NA 11 10 12 8 9 12 9

24. Who do you think would do a better job handling welfare,
Rudolph Giuliani or Ruth Messinger?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Giuliani 48% 54% 32% 60% 54% 43% 40%

Messinger 37 28 54 32 33 40 46

SAME/NO DIFFERENCE
(VOL) 3 3 4 1 3 3 3

DK/NA 12 14 11 7 10 14 11

25. Who do you think would do a better job handling housing and rental costs,
Rudolph Giuliani or Ruth Messinger?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Giuliani 41% 50% 22% 44% 45% 38% 40%

Messinger 38 29 57 39 37 40 45

SAME/NO DIFFERENCE
(VOL) 6 7 5 3 7 5 4

DK/NA 15 14 16 14 11 17 12

26. If the 1997 election for New York City Public Advocate were being held
today and the candidates were Mark Green the Democratic and Independence
party candidate, and Jules Polonetsky the Republican and Liberal Party
candidate, for whom would you vote?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Green/Dem. 62% 60% 73% 58% 62% 61% 63%

Polontesky/Rep. 9 11 4 15 11 7 10

SOMEONE ELSE(VOL) 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

WOULN'T VOTE(VOL) 3 3 2 5 3 4 3

DK/NA 24 25 21 22 22 26 23

27. If the 1997 election for New York City Controller were being held today,
and the candidates were Alan Hevesi the Democratic and Liberal party candidate,
and AnneMarie McAvoy the Republican party candidate, for whom would you vote?

Oct 1
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1997

Hevesi/Dem. 61% 59% 74% 52% 61% 61% 62%

McAvoy/Rep. 15 17 9 17 14 15 14

SOMEONE ELSE(VOL) 1 - 1 1 1 1 1

WOULDN'T VOTE(VOL) 3 2 2 4 2 3 2

DK/NA 21 22 14 26 21 21 21

28. In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in
New York City today? Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat
dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied? (* Results based on random sample of all
adults in New York City)

Dec 20
Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom 1994*

Very satisfied 12% 16% 5% 10% 15% 10% 3%

Smwht satisfied 58 65 45 61 64 53 34

Smwht dissatisfied 19 14 32 17 14 24 37

Very dissatisfied 10 4 18 11 7 13 24

DK/NA 1 1 - - 1 1 2

29. Compared to 4 years ago, do you feel that things in New York City have
gotten better, gotten worse, or stayed about the same?

Tot Wht Blk His Men Wom

Gotten better 64% 76% 47% 60% 73% 57%

Gotten worse 11 5 20 19 7 14

Stayed same 22 17 32 20 17 26

DK/NA 3 3 2 1 2 3

30. How much of this change is due to the policies of Rudolph Giuliani
- most of it, some, or none?